"I would appeal to anyone who was in the Braehead area on Sunday afternoon and may have noticed a group of teenage boys at the rear of the shopping centre, or indeed the assault itself, to please come forward."

The boy's attacker is believed to have been around 12 years old, 5ft 6in with a slim build and red hair which was shaved at the sides.

He was wearing a black jacket and tracksuit bottoms.

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